Time for Yang to finish things (for now at least, since I think Raven will either get away or be let to go away as Yang's version of giving her "one save") with her mom to get some form of closure, then have her big moment and talk with the girl she's been pining for (Blake) all this time. All while Ilia is being a badass and getting herself a bunny gf

So the finale is today for some, I’m just shocked we are here already with chibi starting up again straight after it. (Was prepared for a wait, but the sudden switch has me worried that there will be character deaths this episode.)

So we are finally getting a Yang v Raven moment, likely with words & maybe some answers at long last.

We have the white fang who’ll fight back against the faunus’ Army & police.

Team RNJR/QOW are having a final stand with Hazel & Leo. (This is going to be epic.)

There’s just so much to cover in 1 ep’s time.

Plus we haven’t seen Watts, Tyrion or Salem!! (I’m excited to see that moment all Volume.)

I figured that Atlas was going to be their next destination. I'm guessing every other season will be a journey to different continents until we finally encounter Salem. I am also holding out for a Penny 2.0 being created.

I highly doubt Cinder is dead, though. They did that vague "is she or isn't she?" thing by leaving her body intact. The only way to confirm that she's dead would be her powers transferring to Emerald or something.

I was happy to see team RWBY reunite, though I'm hoping that Yang still has some friction with Blake. She deserves a bit more guilt for ditching best girl lol.

It'll also be interesting to see how Illya and Sun will be integrating into the group. Though Illya might just go back to Menagerie with Blake's parents. We'll see though.

Sun has been putting in some work though, that dude deserves a kiss by now. Stop putting it off, Blake.

Glad to see Adam get totally f**ked. Piece of shit had this one coming. He really is a petty bastard and I hope Yang completely destroys him in a future fight.

Still wondering if we'll see Neo again. But I'm sure that she's just faded into the back with team CFVY.

Part of me wants to see Season 6 open with scene taken directly from Babylon 5 where falling Cinder is caught by some Primordial Entity for deep philosophical discussion which ends with Cinder getting some borrowed years.

Part of me wants to see Season 6 open with scene taken directly from Babylon 5 where falling Cinder is caught by some Primordial Entity for deep philosophical discussion which ends with Cinder getting some borrowed years.

Anything willing to catch Cinder is going to be a whole lot less friendly than Lorien. XD

Part of me wants to see Season 6 open with scene taken directly from Babylon 5 where falling Cinder is caught by some Primordial Entity for deep philosophical discussion which ends with Cinder getting some borrowed years.

Anything willing to catch Cinder is going to be a whole lot less friendly than Lorien. XD

Thanks for only 20 mimutes out of 24 / Should have skipped the OP like more anime are doing nowadays for First and Final Episodes

Now to content / It was good not great The Battle at Beacon was much better

Rants / more thoughts inside then VOL 5 Final thoughts

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Most of the White Fang surrender / a few resist but are subdued w/o any major injuriesd . Adam wants to fight Blake but she says I have more important things to do Afam is also talked down by Sun a brief moment of fighting and Adam escapes Sun wants to go after him but Blake says he wants to picks us off awat from the main force. Blake says there is some White Fang still running around and Blake wantsd to help woth inside fights going on yet

Blake has really grown up / much respect to her !

Hazel is actually giving everybody a hard time . OZ/ Oscar tells Qrow we have to get him at his limit . Hazel takes out Weiss Bee / Ren -Mora are worn out Juanne protects them Blake arrives knocking Hazel over Hazel / Emerald / Mercury look like they have a lot of fight left in them So Blake asks Ruby whats the plan She shoots at Leo scaring him off so the odds are better

THE EP HIGHLIGHT

Downstairs Raven warns Yang she gave her enough chances already to be on her side / walk away from Oz / Qrow and wasnt personal Yang counters by asking how was the Spring Maidens power transferred to Raven Yang says I am asling everybody questions Yasng wants to know was the Spring Maiden sick wounded in batlle or her power taken forcibly

Raven says she was weak scared and would have been hunted down even with Raven trying to train her and had to take her powers

Raven uses the excuse you dont know what I went through and Yang says yea the only things I know was from Tai that Raven was troubled . complliciated but always fought for the team / her tribe

Raven is enraged says Yang is scared but Yang says I wont run away and then tells Raven I want the Relic because if Salem found Raven was the Spring Maiden and has the Relic Salem will hunt her down

Raven tells Yang you dont wanr to do that and Yang says yeah but I dont want to but will anyway and walks past Raven who desnt put up a fight but is crying

Then says I'm sorry as Yang does to and Raven flys away

Yang goes in for the Relic and after she picks it up she starts crying and drops to her knees.

IMO

I think Raven knew Yang was right and Yang has commitment then she does now Also for the furst time Raven knows she let Yang and the others down

Leo goes into his office and Salem's Orb comes in and Salem says do you have something to tell me

Leo goves her all the bad news blaming everybody else and doesnt think the Relic will be recoverrd but says * more like beg Salem he stiil can be of assitance

Salem uses her Orb to keep him from escaping / then off view kills him / more for being a coward then a failure as Salem doesnt look happy

Honestly these past two volumes havn't been that great. Too much focus on character interactions, which would be fine except the writing isn't up to the task.

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I'm kind of annoyed at the Raven character arc. I guess I was expecting her to be a more interesting character, but she just seems to be shallow and selfish. I guess they decided that the scene at the end of Volume 2 never happened?

Team RWBY got a win over Salem's forces, but that was mainly due to Cinder and company's incompetence. It feels like the past two volumes have pushed Cinder and her forces aside in favor of the other members of Salem's council. I'm not sure I would say that Cinder is more interesting, but she's a more established threat. Team RWBY was barely involved in her defeat which seems really anti climatic to me. They made a big deal about her grudge with Ruby, but Cinder didn't even try to fight her.

Maybe things will improve next volume, but I'm not getting my hopes up right now.

- Ilia being a badass, I love this girl so much! Not to mention her future bunny girlfriend who sadly wasn't named =.=
- Adam really is hitting is home in being a representation of an abuser.
- Adam friendzoned Sun, technically classmate but meh xD 3x11: "I'm going to make it my mission to destroy everything you love..." -sees Yang- "...starting with her." vs 5x14: "Do you let all of your classmates fight for you." (paraphrased cause lazy to go watch it again without it being on YT)
- So proud of Blake for standing up to her abuser and showing him for the weak coward he is.
- rofl, welp BS'ers you got a Sun vs Adam "fight" that didn't end up with a dead Sun even though nothing happened in it xD
- Blake and Sun brotp going strong.
- Blake totally taking after Yang in her style and I love it!
- I'm so proud of Yang! She's such a strong character and I'm so proud of her throughout this volume!
- Leo dies (brutally) = "Bye Felicia"
- As Yang is on the pedestal Blake is staring up at her like "that's my future badass gf" totally "making eyes" at Yang (mentally drooling) xD
- ngl I think I died when Blake legit did an "embarrassed quick look away" when Yang looked at her. She's totally got the hots for Yang xD
- Emerald going max semblance= wtaf! Its almost like a reverse-silver eyes o.O
- BB wingman Sun turning Blake to face her team, but more importantly her badass triumphant gf that's doing a heroic walk down the stairs. This moment is when I actually liked Sun again.
- The face Yang makes when the first new song starts playing, she's totally in love; and Blake's smile she's so happy with Yang's words. My girls are smitten with each other. Also I don't think its a coincidence in how the lyrics line up with Blake and Yang.
- The pining face that Blake makes towards Yang in the scene after Oscar and Qrow's talk, my BB ass is dead af!
- Bring on v6 with pining Bees moving towards a relationship after working through their issues!
- From Shadows part 2 woooo! Which is Ghira's WF and Blake, not a BS song. I swear BS'ers are desperate in trying to grab anything they can even though the lyrics don't line up with that at all. They're Ghira and Blake's speeches put in song form, which is fitting considering FS 1 = Blake and Adam's WF, thus this being its counter.
- Next stop: Atlas!

Not RWBY but still: Genlock looks like its going to be great!

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Those bees! I really hope they learned and improved from s2 which was hit or miss.

The RWBY characters are always best when they fight up to characters - any and all of Salem's council can take on literally all of them alone and have confidence they will end up on top. The issue with this volume is lack of this, it's mostly been Vs chumps, genetic no-names and even Grimm have been few and far between.

Monty always had an eye for flair and flashy, in his absence character development has been good but yes we've lacked the combat (even Adam didn't get to fight). In many ways we have lacked the urgency of past volume too - it was often life or death with prominent members falling (Pyrra, Penny) or on the precipice (Yang losing arm, Qrow poisoned) but this volume? Weiss was literally saved within first couple of minutes of followed episode to her falling removing all worries and tension and that was it. We lost some character no one cared for, some white fang leader we didn't know and neither of Blake's parents were even injured.

It's a shame - with all the build up of recruiting the Fauna, team RWBY reuniting and a literal opposition of Team Cinder, Raven Adam, Leo and even one of Salem's council all in one place to oppose our heroes we get an anti-climatic finish. No one is buying Cinder is dead, Raven was never gonna fight her daughter despite the hollow threats and Adam had to flee instead of fight Wukong/Blake. So much potential didn't happen, I enjoyed RWBY but yes this lacked the action, tension and even the off the wall humour of previous seasons.